Ventral roots

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Ventral roots

The formation of the spinal nerve from the dorsal and ventral roots
Latin	radix anterior nervi spinalis
Gray's	subject #208 916
System
MeSH	A08.800.800.720.725

A spinal nerve with its anterior and posterior roots.

In anatomy and neurology, the ventral root (or anterior root) is the efferent motor root of a spinal nerve. At its distal end, the ventral root joins with the dorsal root to form a mixed spinal nerve.

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